Sultan al-Barakani

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Sultan al-Barakani
سلطان البركاني
Speaker of the Yemeni House of Representatives
Assumed office
13 April 2019
Preceded byYahya Ali al-Raee
Personal details
Born (1956-07-27) July 27, 1956 (age 69)
NationalityYemeni
Political partyGeneral People's Congress (Yemen)

Sultan Saeed Abdullah al-Barakani (Arabic: سلطان سعيد عبدالله البركاني; born 1956) is a Yemeni politician and the current speaker of the Yemeni House of Representatives since 2019.[1][2]

Al-Barakani was born in 1956 in Al-Maafer District, Taiz Governorate.[3][2] He is a GPC MP, and was elected as new speaker of the House of Representatives during a session held in Seiyun on 13 April 2019.[4] This was the first session for the parliament loyal to the internationally recognized government of Yemen since the Yemen civil war started in 2015.[5]

References

  1. "Parliaments elects new speaker, vice speakers". وكالة الانباء اليمنية Saba Net :: سبأ نت. 13 April 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  2. 1 2 Al-Ahmadi, Adel (13 April 2019). "سلطان البركاني... من صقور حزب صالح إلى رئاسة البرلمان اليمني" [Sultan al-Barakani... From GPC Hawks to the Speaker of the Yemeni Parliament]. The New Arab (in Arabic). Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  3. "الشيخ: سلطان سعيد البركاني" [Sheikh Sultan Saeed al-Barakani]. Parliament of Yemen. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  4. اليمني, المرصد. "سلطان سعيد عبدالله البركاني" [Parliament / members of the House of Representatives]. Yemeni Center for Public Opinion. Archived from the original on 29 June 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  5. "Yemeni Parliament second session discusses public budget". debriefer.net. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2022.